WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM CONDITIONS OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT?

Minimum conditions of Overseas Employment
WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM CONDITIONS

OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT?
Overseas Employment for Filipinos

Overseas employment for most Filipinos is both a lucrative and risky enterprise. With the proliferation of midnight recruitment agencies that offer false employment which often lead to less than humane conditions of work, the Philippine government has created the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and its predecessor agencies in order to safeguard and ensure the welfare and well-being of Filipino migrant workers. The said agency is tasked with the duty of establishing a watchlist and a system for blacklisting errant recruitment and employment entities.

In fulfilling its mandate, the POEA has already set several guidelines regarding overseas employment. Among these is the rule regarding the minimum conditions of overseas employment. The POEA has required every overseas employment contract to stipulate the following conditions of employment:
The contract must have a provision guaranteeing wages for regular working hours and overtime pay for services rendered beyond regular working hours;
Free transportation from point of hire to the site of employment and return;
Free emergency medical and dental treatment facilities;
Just cause for termination of the contract or services of the employee;
Workmen’s compensation benefit;
Repatriation of worker’s remains and properties in case of his or her death;
Assistance on remittance of salaries, allowances or allotments to the beneficiaries; and
Free and adequate board and lodging facilities or compensatory food allowance at the prevailing cost of living standards at the job site.